Bystraya River
| Bystraya River | |
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 A bridge over the Bystraya river near the village of Kavalerskoye | |
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| Native name | реку Быстрая Error {{native name checker}}: parameter value is malformed (help) |
| Location | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Kamchatka Krai |
| District | Yelizovsky District, Ust-Bolsheretsky District |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Mouth | |
• location | Bolshaya River |
• coordinates | 52°55′04″N 156°34′46″E / 52.917778°N 156.579322°E |
| Basin features | |
| River system | Bolshaya River |
The Bystraya River (Template:Lang-ru, or Rapid River) is a river in the western Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia, a tributary of the Bolshaya River. It is used for spawning by various species of Pacific salmon.
Course
The Bystraya River forms on the southern part of the Sredinny Ridge.[1] In its middle reaches the river is 20–40 metres (66–131 ft) wide and 0.8–2 metres (2 ft 7 in – 6 ft 7 in) deep. Lower down it is 50–100 metres (160–330 ft) wide and 1–3 metres (3 ft 3 in – 9 ft 10 in) deep.[1] Water levels are highest in June due to snow melt in the mountains.[2]
The Bystraya River forms the upper part of the Bolshaya River.[3] It is joined from the left by the Plotnikova River at 55 kilometres (34 mi) from the river mouth to form the Bolshaya.[3] The Bystraya / Bolshaya River is 275 kilometres (171 mi) long and has a catchment area of 10,800 square kilometres (4,200 sq mi).[4]
The village of Bolsheretsk was located near the point where the Reka Bolshaya and Reka Bystraya converge, about 10 miles (16 km) upstream of Ust-Bolsheretsk.[5] In the late 1920s the people of that village on the islands decided to relocate to a more convenient location on the Kavalerskaya channel six miles down the river. In the spring of 1928, there were already three houses on the Kavalerskaya channel, two more were under construction.[6] The new village was formed by 1930. Until 1990, it was called the Bolsheretsky state farm (Template:Lang-ru) after its location on the right bank of the Bolshaya River. In 1990 it was renamed Kavalerskoye.[7]
Fish
The tributaries of the Bystraya River are important spawning grounds for chinook salmon, sockeye salmon, pink salmon, chum salmon and coho salmon. It is also used by migrating arctic char, grayling, rainbow trout and whitespotted char.[1] During the salmon spawning season there are often brown bears in the river.[2]
References
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- Смышляев, Александр (2011), Камчатский край. Большерецкие веси, Петропавловск-Камчатский: Новая книга, pp. 38–40
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